BREAKING: Rite Aid, $RAD, has officially filed for bankruptcy just days after its 61st anniversary
As part of the bankruptcy restructuring, Rite Aid will close many of its 2,100 stores. The company has had more than $2 billion in losses over the last 5 years and 50% of their stores have closed from their peak. Their stock is down 80% this year and 99% from its all time high. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
Here's an index that represents the median stock closing last week at the lowest levels in a year
Source: J-C Parets
China | PBOC adds net 289 billion yuan via medium-term facility as Debt Sales Surge
The move adds to recent efforts to ensure hitting GDP target - Offers Most Cash Support Since 2020 - Bloomberg China’s central bank is making the biggest medium-term liquidity injection since 2020, stepping up efforts to support the nation’s economic recovery and debt sales. The People’s Bank of China added a net 289 billion yuan ($39.6 billion) into the financial system via a one-year policy loan on Monday, the most since Dec. 2020. At the same time, it drained a net 134 billion yuan of short-term liquidity through open-market operations.
Ownership breakdown of the US Treasury market ($26 trillion)
Source: Goldman Sachs, TME
Standard Chartered is ramping up its bullish Bitcoin prediction
Targeting as much as $120,000 by the end of 2024 — almost quadruple the current price — as increasingly cash-rich miners reduce sales of the token. “Increased miner profitability per BTC mined means they can sell less while maintaining cash inflows, reducing net BTC supply and pushing BTC prices higher,” Geoff Kendrick at Standard Chartered wrote Monday.
Will bitcoin follow gold?
Since Israel tragic event, Gold has surged >5pct, while bitcoin has dropped alongside the spike of the VIX. In the short-run, Bitcoin is highly sensitive to liquidity. Source: Lawrence McDonald, Bloomberg
The Fed's balance sheet hit its lowest level since June 2021 this week, down over $1 trillion from the peak in April 2022
Annual changes in the Fed's balance sheet since 2002... Source: Charlie Bilello
Wondering why high interest rates hasn't hurt sp500 performance so far?
Just have a look at the chart below courtesy of Linas Beliūnas. The S&P 500 heavy weights are full of cash and have been benefiting from the higher yield paid on short-term deposits. E,g Apple is making $1 billion on their cash holdings doing absolutely nothing...
